How to auto Decline / Allow and Cookie consent Messages

[UweTheSailor]

Part a)
Mostly in Europe but also in other countries many website that I use ask for cookie consent with popups or other annoying messages that interrupt the browsing experience. Is it possible to auto decline cookies, and if so, how?
Example 1:

Example 2:

Part b)
→ On the same topic, as Mac user, how can I find cookies in the finder? I want to write a script that deletes specific cookies (but keeps the ones that make my professional life easier). I want to automate this process but want to keep certain cookies as otherwise I need to start logging in to many of my daily used websites.
→ If there is not option to find cookies in the finder, how can I automate to delete certain cookies?

Thanks for your help!
Yours truly, Uwe

[Pathduck]

@UweTheSailor Hi!

Part a)

Vivaldi's adblocker can already do this. It does a fairly decent job of it. Please see:
https://help.vivaldi.com/desktop/privacy/tracking-and-ad-blocking/#Hide_Cookie_warnings

I use this extension myself, I find it works slightly better than Vivaldi's blocker (but both use the same blocklist):
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/i-dont-care-about-cookies/fihnjjcciajhdojfnbdddfaoknhalnja

Part b)

Cookies are not individual files on disk. They are stored in the file Network\Cookies under your profile. It's a SQLite database file. If you know SQL you might be able to delete data from the cookies table but:

• Browser needs to be closed as the DB is locked
• It's not supported and might axplode your compy
• It's madness to do this

Instead use an extension to clear cookies after tab close. I use Cookie AutoDelete:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cookie-autodelete/fhcgjolkccmbidfldomjliifgaodjagh

There's also Site Bleacher:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/site-bleacher/mlcfcepfmnjphcdkfbfgokkjodlkmemo